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Everything’s different about dating after COVID

When my mom reached her 21st birthday and still hadn’t married, friends and neighbors began using phrases like “career girl” and “spinster.” That was in the late 1930s, and most girls Mother’s age were already married and building families. Don’t get me wrong. My mom was beautiful, vivacious and a great dancer. But it was war time and she hadn’t met the right person.

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Baby elephant adoptions at the Wimberley Players

For the second year in a row, the Wimberley Players is providing the opportunity to adopt baby elephants during their annual fundraising auction that runs Nov. 10 - Nov. 24 at wimberleyplayers. org. Orphaned by drought, illegal poaching, and conflicts with humans, baby elephants are mainly rescued from the Tsavo East region of Kenya. Rescued orphans become wards of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust which developed the most successful adoption program on the planet. Through trial and error, Daphne Sheldrick discovered substitutes for mother's milk, learned the complex emotional and developmental needs of the species, and innovated a program to rescue them from extinction. Babies are so traumatized by the loss of their mothers that a human keeper is assigned to each one for years. Keepers wrap the infant in a blanket and stay with them day and night for many months until they can be integrated into a small group. Once a group is accepted, the maturing youngster finds his or her place in a small herd of older peers. In time, the young adults are released into the wild under the watchful eye of the Trust's trained team of wardens. Wardens work assiduously to protect the animals after release. Orphaned baby giraffes, hippos and black and white rhinos also come into their care.

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